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Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesJLN StaffThe FIA is looking for a new VP of Global Industry Operations and Execution to oversee FIA's Operations and market Technology Divisions. Here is a link for...

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Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter Lead StoriesDead calm in markets unsettles Wall Street as Fed vows no actionPeter Wells and Robin Wigglesworth - Financial Times (SUBSCRIPTION)Volatility across several major asset classes has...

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Smaller contract means more flexibility There are anywhere from 50,000 to 200,000 active retail users of futures. Meanwhile, there are some 13 million retail accounts trading other parts of the market that do not trade futures. CME Group wants...

There’s a lot of chatter these days about the viability, perhaps even the legitimacy, of distributed ledger systems for the financial markets. Lost in the “blockchain is dead” noise are some interesting cases that show just how DLT technologies can be used effectively in key pain points in the market.

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The European Central Bank has withdrawn a request it made in 2017 for greater powers to tackle financial stability risks in the euro-denominated derivatives market. The bank said the way its request had been handled by the European Parliament and EU national governments had led to a result that risked limiting its freedom of action more than empowering the ECB to act, the Financial Times reported.

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Copper Technologies, a cryptocurrency custody and brokerage firm based in London, has begun using technology known as "air-gapping," a cybersecurity method used by high-security military facilities, to protect its customer's digital assets.

Smaller contract means more flexibility There are anywhere from 50,000 to 200,000 active retail users of futures. Meanwhile, there are some 13 million retail accounts trading other parts of the market that do not trade futures. CME Group wants...

There’s a lot of chatter these days about the viability, perhaps even the legitimacy, of distributed ledger systems for the financial markets. Lost in the “blockchain is dead” noise are some interesting cases that show just how DLT technologies can be used effectively in key pain points in the market.

Economic Studies at Brookings yesterday dropped a call for better regulation of the cryptocurrency and digital assets industries by none other than Tim Massad, the former chairman of the CFTC. As befits the former head of an agency that embraced principles-based regulation, Massad’s paper is long on analysis of the industries and the regulatory issues that seem to afflict business conditions.

In what might prove to be a seminal moment in the development of the cryptocurrency and blockchain community in Chicago, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel addressed an audience of nearly 150 on Monday. Extolling the virtues that Chicago possesses, Emanuel made the case that the city has the opportunity to become a preeminent global fintech center.

Last year we filmed our FIA Boca edition of "The Spread" in a pool. However, we were at a different Airbnb this time, so you are not in for a repeat treat. The following are the stories referenced in this week's episode: -CME Group -> CME...

It's about time this industry got smaller. It's no secret futures markets have been built largely for the average multinational commercial operation, well capitalized market markers, hedge funds, CTAs and proprietary trading groups. Retail...

Chris Giancarlo will go down as perhaps the most popular regulator in industry history. The CFTC chairman, who will step down this year after joining the agency in January 2017, gave his farewell address at the FIA Boca conference this year with a focus on the agency’s achievements during his term.

Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff The JLN staff arrived safely in Boca Raton for the FIA International Conference at the Boca Resort. Our plans for renting a Chevrolet Suburban to transport...

New trading floor just a part of NYSE's new San Francisco facility NYSE is set to have new digs in San Francisco when its NYSE West facility opens Monday, March 11. Obviously, New York is the area most thought of when it comes to all things...

A judge’s comparison of FX options trading to the Wild West, MIAX’s news-making tear, and a little bit of Simon and Garfunkel awaits viewers of this week’s episode of “The Spread.” The following are stories referenced in this week's episode: -...

Economic Studies at Brookings yesterday dropped a call for better regulation of the cryptocurrency and digital assets industries by none other than Tim Massad, the former chairman of the CFTC. As befits the former head of an agency that embraced principles-based regulation, Massad’s paper is long on analysis of the industries and the regulatory issues that seem to afflict business conditions.

In what might prove to be a seminal moment in the development of the cryptocurrency and blockchain community in Chicago, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel addressed an audience of nearly 150 on Monday. Extolling the virtues that Chicago possesses, Emanuel made the case that the city has the opportunity to become a preeminent global fintech center.

Last year we filmed our FIA Boca edition of "The Spread" in a pool. However, we were at a different Airbnb this time, so you are not in for a repeat treat. The following are the stories referenced in this week's episode: -CME Group -> CME...

It's about time this industry got smaller. It's no secret futures markets have been built largely for the average multinational commercial operation, well capitalized market markers, hedge funds, CTAs and proprietary trading groups. Retail...

Chris Giancarlo will go down as perhaps the most popular regulator in industry history. The CFTC chairman, who will step down this year after joining the agency in January 2017, gave his farewell address at the FIA Boca conference this year with a focus on the agency’s achievements during his term.

Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff The JLN staff arrived safely in Boca Raton for the FIA International Conference at the Boca Resort. Our plans for renting a Chevrolet Suburban to transport...

New trading floor just a part of NYSE's new San Francisco facility NYSE is set to have new digs in San Francisco when its NYSE West facility opens Monday, March 11. Obviously, New York is the area most thought of when it comes to all things...

A judge’s comparison of FX options trading to the Wild West, MIAX’s news-making tear, and a little bit of Simon and Garfunkel awaits viewers of this week’s episode of “The Spread.” The following are stories referenced in this week's episode: -...

John J. Lothian & Company, Inc., MarketsWiki Education and John Lothian Productions are pleased to announce plans for a large scale video project to collect the history of the open outcry era and traders’ personal stories. Additionally, John Lothian Productions plans to develop video documentaries about specific themes and subjects emerging from the collected personal histories.

Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First Read Open Outcry Traders History Project Announced by John Lothian Large Scale Video Project Seeks to Capture the History of Open Outcry Traders and Era John J. Lothian & Company,...

Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Just in time for Women's History Month, the FIA elevated two women in their organization to new heights. Jacqueline Mesa was named as Chief Operating Officer...

Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff The new list of members of the FIA Futures Hall of Fame has been announced. The list includes Robert T. Cox, Paul Davies, Mitch R. Fulscher, Anthony George...

"In order to have a healthy ecosystem for a new industry you really need four components. One is government involvement/regulatory clarity, two is academic institution involvement, three is trade associations and other advocacy...

"Understand the implications, the ramifications of what you do - what it does downstream and what it does upstream. Understand the whole process." What do "Patton," "The Right Stuff" and "Goodfellas" have in common? They're all used...

"When I started in this business, data was very, very uncool. Trust me." Data is not uncool any longer. Consider that every minute there are more than 12 million texts sent and more than 4.3 million YouTube videos watched. It is...

"[In July 2000, my boss] said, 'Tim, tomorrow, you're going to start on the equity derivatives desk at JP Morgan.' I was like, 'Fantastic. I'm super excited.' I go home, no one really has a laptop, I got my first cell phone two...

Renato Mariotti prosecuted Michael Coscia for spoofing as a federal prosecutor, ran for Illinois attorney general and can frequently be seen on cable television commenting on current events. So when he talks about spoofing and markets,...

"Don't over-engineer it. There's a huge tendency, especially for technical people, to make up complexity." The problems Kevin Darby, managing partner at Blue Trading Systems, encounters as a fintech vendor are very different from...

"How many small or medium business can survive a $3.5 million hit? When small and medium business get hit, they typically go out of business. When the big ones get hit, know what they do? They change their names." If it is connected...